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D’Andrade sets new PB in Trinidad

Aug 25, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on D’Andrade sets new PB in Trinidad

– wins fourth Kiss 5km road run By Edison Jefford Local distance star, Lionel D’Andrade, campaigning in Trinidad and Tobago since April, set a new Personal Best (PB) time over 5km on Saturday in...

Vishal Singh continues impressive debut English season

Aug 25, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Vishal Singh continues impressive debut English season

By Sean Devers Nineteen-year-old Former Guyana under-19 left-hander Vishal Singh continues to enjoy an impressive debut season in English cricket and is now eying selection on the senior Guyana team....

Human rights, sexual orientation, and gender identity

Aug 25, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Human rights, sexual orientation, and gender identity

Dear Editor, As a citizen of a member-country of the OAS, it is with some concern that I viewed the adoption of the resolution on “Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” cited...

Ocean View/Carifesta X 60-mile cycle road race…Greaves outsprints rivals again, Williams, Lovell, Croal also shine

Aug 25, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Ocean View/Carifesta X 60-mile cycle road race…Greaves outsprints rivals again, Williams, Lovell, Croal also shine

By Franklin Wilson Undoubtedly, he is undisputed local sprinting champion, and this was further emphasized yesterday in the Ocean View International Hotel / Carifesta X 60 mile cycle road race...

C/tyne family robbed at gunpoint

Aug 25, 2008 knews News Comments Off on C/tyne family robbed at gunpoint

LINE PATH, CORRIVERTON – It may have been a case of mistaken identity, but a Corentyne family was robbed at gunpoint over the weekend. The incident took place at about 21:30 hours on Saturday...

Election of Obama would signal serious change for U.S.

Aug 25, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Election of Obama would signal serious change for U.S.

Dear Editor, Most of the world prefers someone who represents a clear break from the Bush years. Most Canadians prefer Barack Obama to John McCain for U.S. President. But the Canadian policy...

Pompey responds to criticisms

Aug 25, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on Pompey responds to criticisms

– says we should all be proud Dear Editor, Without all the amenities and Governmental commitments the Jamaican athletes have, we still got pretty far at the Olympic Games. We do need the same...

BILL COTTON/REFORM…Sweet television music?

Aug 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists Comments Off on BILL COTTON/REFORM…Sweet television music?

Bill was going to de Banks Super Concert. Then he met (as you Guyanese say) the traffic and gave up the ghost. Perhaps Bill will do a deal with the GDF for them to drop me in from that Bell...

Reprint of rare book on Guyana’s history for launch at Carifesta

Aug 25, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Reprint of rare book on Guyana’s history for launch at Carifesta

Dear Editor, The Guyana Heritage Society will launch its latest republication, “Centenary History and Handbook of British Guiana” by Alfred Raymond Forbes Webber, on Wednesday, August 27th 2008,...

Republic Bank August Vacation Camp wraps up

Aug 25, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Republic Bank August Vacation Camp wraps up

ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – Eleven-year-old Alima Alli, of Rose Hall Town on the Corentyne, was named the top student of the Republic Bank August Vacation Camp. At the closing ceremony, which was...

Tony Deyal…A kiss before dyeing

Aug 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on Tony Deyal…A kiss before dyeing

While the world and I revelled in the Olympics now being held in Peking, China’s formerly forbidden city, in the middle of the marathon sessions of television viewing, I thought of the Greeks. ...

Roadblocks being manned by army personnel without police presence

Aug 25, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Roadblocks being manned by army personnel without police presence

Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight the fact that army ranks have been manning some of the roadblocks which the city has seen since the onset of Carifesta X. The army does...

Division ‘B’ tightens vigilance for Carifesta X

Aug 25, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Division ‘B’ tightens vigilance for Carifesta X

NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Police in Berbice are on high alert and are prepared for any eventuality during the Carifesta X celebration. Assistant Commissioner Clinton Conway, who heads Division...

GCA presents shirts to Umpires

Aug 25, 2008 knews Sports Comments Off on GCA presents shirts to Umpires

At a simple presentation ceremony held recently at the Georgetown Cricket Club, the Georgetown Cricket Association handed over three (3) dozen shirts to the Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers...

Unity with Guyana and Suriname is preferable

Aug 25, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Unity with Guyana and Suriname is preferable

Dear Editor, I am for integration, but not with Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. The reason is not ethnicity, as some may be tempted to think, but simply economics. What do these...

Freddie Kissoon column…Why the Caribbean people do not like Guyana

Aug 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on Freddie Kissoon column…Why the Caribbean people do not like Guyana

Time after time after time, you hear and read about unpleasant incidents and decisions in the Caricom region that adversely affect Guyana. This has been going on for a long, long time. Guyanese get a...

Linden shooting…Injured driver discharged from hospital

Aug 25, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Linden shooting…Injured driver discharged from hospital

Twenty-eight-year-old Kerwin Morris, who was shot by a bandit and robbed of his car two Saturdays ago, has been released from hospital. According to a relative of the injured taxi driver, he was...

Peeping Tom…The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is too silent

Aug 25, 2008 knews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on Peeping Tom…The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is too silent

While Guyana is not an influential player on the global scene; while it has never been such a player, in the era of the Cold War, Guyana, despite its many problems, was always prepared to offer its...

Splendid Carifesta at Anna Regina

Aug 25, 2008 knews Letters Comments Off on Splendid Carifesta at Anna Regina

Dear Editor, Last Sunday, I was part of a huge crowd at the Anna Regina Centre ground, there to witness the Carifesta events. The groups from Montserrat and Trinidad and Tobago staged a great...

Guyana benefits from IDB grant

Aug 25, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Guyana benefits from IDB grant

The Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved funding for a number of small scale projects to foster cultural development and education in various communities in...

HEAVY EDUCATION

Aug 25, 2008 knews Editorial Comments Off on HEAVY EDUCATION

With Carifesta fever in the air, some of the excitement that normally accompanies the announcement of the annual results of the CSEC and CAPE Examinations might have been somewhat dulled for those...

Carifesta retraces history to Festival City

Aug 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Carifesta retraces history to Festival City

Residents of Festival City were, last evening, entertained by the Saint Kitts& Nevis and Saint Lucian contingents who are in Guyana for Carifesta X. This was part of the formal launching of...

Carifesta X celebration…Grand Market gets underway with slow start

Aug 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Carifesta X celebration…Grand Market gets underway with slow start

– but promises to be very intriguing More than 200 exhibits have been set up at the Sophia Exhibition Site as part of the Grand Market event, which is expected to attract thousands for the...

Process for external review of GuySuCo begins

Aug 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Process for external review of GuySuCo begins

As the threat on the sugar industry continues, with workers being on strike, the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday revealed its tender process for an external review of the Guyana Sugar Corporation....

Carifesta X celebration…Film Festival gets underway

Aug 24, 2008 knews News Comments Off on Carifesta X celebration…Film Festival gets underway

…commences with ‘Pan-Man; Rhythms of the Palms’ The Carifesta X Film Festivals got underway last evening at the National Conference Centre with Pan-Man; Rhythms of the Palms, a film which...